SAN JOSE / Phony cop story was made up, police say

A woman who reported being pulled over and handcuffed by two men allegedly posing as police officers made the story up, authorities said Monday.

Detectives were interviewing the 20-year-old woman Monday night but did not name her.

"It'll be a case for the district attorney," said San Jose police Sgt. Steve Dixon. "We're not identifying her, because she's not under arrest."

The woman claimed to have been pulled over Friday morning by two men, one of whom supposedly flashed a badge. She said money was missing from her car after the men searched it.

Dixon said police were treating as valid a report from a man Saturday who said a suspect, holding a walkie-talkie, had approached him in a Costco parking lot and asked to see his driver's license. When the man asked why, the suspect reportedly got nervous and left.